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Synopsis This book, in two parts contains highly informative material on History of Endocrinology; Mechanism of Hormone Action; Pituitary; Abnormalities due to Pituitary Hormones; The Thyroid Gland; Thyroid Disease; The Parathyroid Glands; Abnormalities due to Parathyroid.Part II of the book is devoted to Adrenal Gland; Adrenal Diseases; Hormones of Kidney; The Pancreatic Islets; Pancreatic Disease; The Testes; Hypogonadism; Reproduction in the Female; The Endocrinology of Pregnancy; Hormones and Puberty; Sexual Precocity; Hermaphroditism, and Gonadal Disease.Students in biological, medical and health oriented programmes will find this as most useful and informative.The students aiming for a career as a nurse, medical assistant, physician's assistant, medical laboratory, technologist, radiologist, inhalation therapist, dental hygienist, and physical therapist, will find this book as vade-mecum.